This disc has not been obfuscated for copy protection but the correct playlist is not immediately obvious.

There are 2 slightly different versions of the movie on this disc, the original version and the Signature Edition. The signature edition is slightly longer (1:29:58 vs 1:26:39) and at least one slightly altered scene (when the giant's hand is watching TV, it's watching a commercial for Tomorrowland, so apparently this was changed to put this in the same universe as the other Brad Bird film?).

There are multiple playlists with the same segment map, but different options for audio/subs. I'm operating under the assumption that these are for commentaries or whatever. The playlists with full foreign language audio/subs are 00100.mpls for the original version and 00099.mpls for the Signature Edition and that's what I'm currently ripping.

CyborgAbeLincoln wrote:This disc has not been obfuscated for copy protection but the correct playlist is not immediately obvious.

There are 2 slightly different versions of the movie on this disc, the original version and the Signature Edition. The signature edition is slightly longer (1:29:58 vs 1:26:39) and at least one slightly altered scene (when the giant's hand is watching TV, it's watching a commercial for Tomorrowland, so apparently this was changed to put this in the same universe as the other Brad Bird film?).

There are multiple playlists with the same segment map, but different options for audio/subs. I'm operating under the assumption that these are for commentaries or whatever. The playlists with full foreign language audio/subs are 00100.mpls for the original version and 00099.mpls for the Signature Edition and that's what I'm currently ripping.

Which language did you end up using? I'm struggling to find one with English.

I just got my copy of the Iron Giant Signature Edition today... sure enough, the commentary tracks are completely separate from the "regular" movies.

The good news is after you've ripped the Theatrical and "Signature" Editions of the films, and their corresponding commentary track playlists, you can use MKVToolNix to extract the commentary tracks, and then remux them into the MKVs without the commentaries. Pretty straightforward with this tool.